City: Bensalem, PN
Address: 3333 Hulmeville Rd
District: Bensalem Township SD
Phone: (215)750-2800
Fax: (215)244-2964
Length of school day: 7
Number of instructional days: 180
School Enrollment: 579
Low income: 17.5%
Attendance rate: 93.94%
Attendance rate for male students: 93.9%
Attendance rate for female students: 93.98%
Attendance rate for Asian students: 98.11%
Attendance rate for black students: 93.4%
Attendance rate for Hispanic students: 93.22%
Attendance rate for economically disadvantaged students: 92.33%
Number of students entering this school: 27
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 75
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 5
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 0
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 0
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 1
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 15
Total number of teachers: 45
Full-time teachers: 37
Part-time teachers: 0
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 136
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 265
Teachers in this district with Doctor's degree: 2
Teachers in district with less than 1 year of experience: 17
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 38
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 34
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 31
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 20
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 56
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 133
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 71
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 3
Total number of teachers in this district: 403
Administration staff: 3
Other full-time service coordinators: 5
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 58.6%
Councelors: 2
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 0
6th grade enrollment : 194
7th grade enrollment : 195
8th grade enrollment : 185
Ungraded secondary enrollment : 5
Statistics about Shafer MS in Bensalem, PN
Average teacher salary: $67738
Teacher salary range: $35491 - $81727
Average administration staff salary: $93535
Administration staff salary range: $37681 - $115000
Suspensions: 305
Law-enforcement incidents: 50
Library titles: 17800
Library titles checked out during school year: 19556
Computers: 120
CD-ROM titles: 30
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 97.9%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 13.4%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 34.4%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 19.4%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 32.8%
Scaled math score: 1300
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 97.9%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 14.0%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 43.5%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 22.6%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 19.9%
Scaled reading score: 1300